# Amputations involving bone loss at Patriot Erectors LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088480` · 8/25/2025 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary sawing machinery stationary  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriot Erectors LLC
- **Location:** 20338 Telge Rd., TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77377
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a beam on a horizontal beam saw when his left index finger contacted the blade. The finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. The employee was wearing cut-resistant gloves.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*